Introduction
The concepts of ‘at-risk’ and ‘risk’ are prominent in much of the literature on the sociology of youth. The objective of this essay is to explore the positive and negative sides of focusing on risk in young people’s lives, and contend that although the concepts may help us to understand youth behaviours, there is a need to be cautious in its implementation, as they carry a number of implicit assumptions. Firstly, the approaches of ‘at-risk’ and ‘risk taking’ are defined; in order to understand the different ways the concepts are related to young people. These positive aspects include of the identification of ‘at-risk’ youth for prevention measures and Stephen Lyng’s edgework notion to comprehend individuals’ voluntary ‘risk taking’. Secondly, discussions the usefulness of the concepts in promoting our comprehension of young individuals’ behaviours are provided. Lastly, limitations of the approaches are discussed to highlight the precautions needed when applying the concepts, as it may lead to placing the blame on ‘at-risk’ youth, higher degree of scrutiny for young women than their men and the normalised assumption on behalf of the ‘risk taking’ notion.
The concepts of ‘at-risk’ and ‘risk taking’
There are two main concepts in the literatures of the sociology of youth, which linked risk and young people together. The first concept is ‘at-risk’ and the term is often used to identify or describe young people who, due to difficulties and disadvantaged situations,
The justice system assures that the protection of the public is taken into account when dealing with delinquents. The consequences received by youth, appear to be less severe than the adults; for the reason, that youth has much lower maturity level and are not mentally developed yet. One of the ways the protection of society is assured is by referring young people to programs, such as ‘John Howard Society’ and ‘Offender Work Programs’ to address circumstances underlying their offending behaviour. For example, a
Courage is doing the thing that is hard, but right. We do it if we know that it will be har or not. In the book Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry By Mildred D. Taylor created the character Stacey to show his convictions and courage. He showed this when he dug the trench for the bus, stood up to T.J by saying that he will not go to the Wallis, and when he helped Papa when he was hurt. Stacey is a sweet, kind, family loving guy.
Referring to aspects from Goldson and Muncie’s (2006) article on “a youth justice with integrity” (pp. 99-102), the essay will argue that section 38 of the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) should incorporate a risk-needs responsivity model (RNR) to the sentencing structure. Moreover, this addition should replace the 2012 amendments of section 38, which incorporated deterrence and denunciation into sentencing practices (s. 38(2)(f)). This amendment has the potential to increase recidivism rates, as it does not properly address the special needs that some youth’s may have. In relation, section 38 exemplifies the proportionality of the punishment (s. 38(2)(c)), which could be potentially affected
The 2011 London riots had many implications for society especially for young people; this essay seeks to analytically and critically discuss young offenders involved, using social exclusion and social justice as the main focus. This piece of work will briefly look at the historical context of social exclusion and social justice to create a platform, it will then move on to theoretical principles which offer an understanding of social exclusion and social justice. The implications of social exclusion and social justice for the young offenders involved in the 2011 London riots, such as an increased number of young people out of education, increase in youth unemployment and increase in the number of benefit recipients and the demand on the
Cyp core 3.3: Understand how to safeguard the well being of children and young people
For the purposes of this research chapter I shall be exploring youth works response to the issue of alcohol consumption among young people today. According to the Youth Work Act 2001;
Trepidations pertaining to young people, being unable to fulfil their educational goals, being involved in antisocial activities, expelled from mainstream schools because of truancy and other disruptive transgressions or out of work, reinforce the obligation to the end child poverty ingenuity implemented by the Coalition Government in 1999. Equally, in their manifesto, the Conservatives avowed to enhance the emphasis on assisting families and vulnerable young people. Subsequently, this is trailed by the government’s enactment of pertinent policies to try and refine the life probabilities of young people who have numerous concerns. Likewise, this has prompted the invention of more initiatives, including the advent of the targeted youth programs.
Adult Safeguarding; Assessment Case Study This essay will examine a case study on Colin a middle aged man who is unemployed and homeless, who appears to be showing signs of a mental illness. The themes within this essay are based around the concept of risk and the different perceptions, this essay will Discuss legislations and policies around risk and risk assessment, it will look at the Framework of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in conjunction with the Mental Health Act 2007, along with the Human Rights Act 1998 and the Homelessness Act 2002, It will explore issues around the concepts of abuse, and demonstrate understandings of the different forms. This essay will analyse the benefits and weaknesses of multi-organisational working. After
Societies tend to view the youth as the future and hope of a nation. To a certain extent, societies observe the behaviours and potential of the young people to ‘estimate’ the political and socio-economic future of a nation. When there is what societies view as a deviance from the norm when in it comes to young people – often there is what is viewed as a ‘moral panic’. I will be looking at the ‘moral panic’ of youth crime or juvenile delinquency, the role of its ‘moral
ESSAY TITLE: SAFEGUARDING VULNERABLE ADULTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES WHO COME IN CONTACT WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
What is high risk behavior? “High-risk behaviors are those that can have adverse effects on the overall development and well-being of youth, or that might prevent them from future successes and development. This includes behaviors that cause immediate physical injury (e.g., fighting), as well as behaviors with cumulative negative effects (e.g., substance use).” (Maria Rosario). Young people often encounter disappointment in love relationships that cause them to adjust their life path. As we see from the movie when Allison and Emily decided to join the gang group they did not think first what is the consequences of that and they did not realized that. And this is the most problems that youth are facing which is doing unknown things and pretend
Young people have been a main focus in society. Since 1960 there has been an increase in youth crime which is the reason as to why there are major adult concerns (Newburn, 2013). “Government became more harsh and intrusive in dealing with young people who were seen to be a problem” (France, 2007, pg.19). Older generations perceive young people as having less morals and respect in comparison to what they did at their age (Newburn, 2013). In particular, society views the youth of today as troublemakers, lazy, untrustworthy and unreliable. There are different theories that provide an explanation between involvement in offending and different factors such as family factors and wider social factors which will be discussed below.
Most of the problems facing today’s youth are not restricted to any one ethnic or religious group, but affect young people generally. Most discussions on youth have focussed on issues such as drug abuse, crime, violence, sexuality and poverty. In addition to these, today’s youth are afflicted by new challenges.
The platform through which communicative rationality presents itself occurred in the “first nationwide study titled ‘A Social Portrait of Young People’” (Zubok and Chuprov 2009:23), dedicated to addressing a diverse number of problems involving youth. The structure would: “provide a valid idea of the social makeup of young people and its constituent categories” (Zubok and Chuprov 2009:23),
Whatever it is, be it young people themselves or something entirely different, every single youth worker in the world has fears, and those fears, no matter how big or small, have the